September 23-26, 2013

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Educational Seminars on Community Recreation and Active Living

Stakeholders Networking Forum

Trade Show displaying the Latest in Recreation Services and Products

Facility Tour

Meet and Greet Activities

EDUCATIONAL FORUM & TRADESHOW

TIMMINS

ARE YOU IN?

Welcome NEORA Delegates! The City of Timmins is happy to be hosting the 2013 North Eastern Ontario Recreation Association Conference and it gives me great pleasure to extend greetings and warm wishes to all of the participants while welcoming you to “The City with a Heart

Of Gold.” This year’s conference theme “Are you In TIMMINS” is fitting if you consider that the City is currently involved in a

new branding strategy that will be driven by the I’m In, J’y tiens, story line.

I am honoured to have you visit our City at a time when we are developing a Master Plan that will guide Culture, Tourism and Recreation efforts for the City of Timmins. I know that your visit here will be a memorable one while you experience our hospitality. While in our City, I invite you to visit the Confederation Multi Sports Facility, and the Porcupine Ski Runners & Snowshoe Club, one of Canada’s largest. I also encourage all of you to visit the Timmins Museum and National Exhibition Centre to discover the work and passion of our many local artists and browse through the gift store for that special souvenir or one- of-a-kind gift. I trust that you will enjoy our northern hospitality and that your stay in TIMMINS “The City with a Heart of Gold”, will be a memorable one. Events such as these are the result of endless hours of planning and hard work by many dedicated individuals. To all of you who have made this endeavor possible, and to the many generous event sponsors, please accept my sincere appreciation on behalf of NEORA. I wish all delegates a productive conference. You In?

Tom Laughren

Mayor

City of Timmins

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Message from the Mayor

President’s Welcome Page 3

Greetings!

On behalf of the Northeastern Ontario Recreation Association Board of Directors and the Forum Planning Committee, I invite

you to join us at the beautiful Cedar Meadows resort in Timmins! The NeORA Educational Forum and Trade show is from

September 23-26, 2013 and promises to be one of the best yet!

We are thrilled to support and showcase our Northern neighbours in Timmins once again, after last hosting the conference here

in 2005. The Forum will host a wide range of topics such as social media, trails, and proposal writing to target the interests

of volunteer, professional and student delegates. I am confident that our keynote speakers and presenters will provide you with

inspiration and motivation to return to your community refreshed and revitalized! As well, your NeORA Board of Directors is

excited to reveal a new branding campaign with a fresh new look to hit the ground running for 2014 . . . . but it will be the

best kept secret until the AGM!

Don't miss this exciting opportunity to reconnect with colleagues, recreation/health professionals, trade show exhibitors and

students. We look forward to seeing you in Timmins - I'M IN and hope you are too!

Sincerely,

Cindy Dent

President,

Northeastern Ontario Recreation Association

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4 CONFERENCE ACCOMODATIONS

5 CONFERENCE AT-A-GLANCE

6 MONDAY SEPT 23 SESSIONS

7 TUESDAY SEPT 24 SESSIONS

9 WEDNESDAY SEPT 25 SESSIONS

11 THURSDAY SEPT 26 TOUR

12 REGISTRATION

13 SPONSORS

In addition to the learning and networking opportunities,

as part of this conference you will experience Northern

Ontario’s famous “Cedar Meadows Resort.” Discover the

sense of fun, adventure and unique activities the Cedar

Meadows Resort offers. For more information, check out

the resort at www.cedarmeadows.com

Check-In Time: 1:00pm

Check-Out Time 11:00am

1000 rue Norman Street

Timmins, ON P4N 8R2

Tel: (705) 268-5800

Spa Tel: (705) 268-1355

Fax: (705) 268-1336

Rooms have been reserved for the conference delegates. Please

quote “NeORA conference 2013” for your preferred rate.

Release date of reserved rooms is August 23, 2013. Book

early to avoid disappointment!

NORDIC SPA SERVICES INCLUDED WITH RESERVATIONS

For all other spa service, please contact the resort to book an

appointment.

TIMMINS

For other lodging, please visit

www.tourismtimmins.com

Accomodations

MONDAY, September 23

1:00-4:00pm Golf or Kayak Tour

5:00-7:00pm DINNER AT HOLLINGER GOLF COURSE

8:00Ppm Hospitality Suite - Cedar Meadows Resort

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TUESDAY, September 24

7:30am-4:30pm Registration & Information desk

7:30-8:30am Hot Breakfast

8:30-9:00am OPENING CEREMONY

9:00-10:30am Building a Bicycle Friendly Ontario

10:30-10:45am BREAK

10:30am-4:30pm Trade Show

10:45am-12:00pm SESSIONS

T1 Equestrian Sport & Equine Therapy

T2 FUNdamental Movement Skills

12:00-1:30pm LUNCH & TRADE SHOW

1:30-2:30pm SESSIONS

T3 Six Degrees of Separation:

Network Mapping for Partnership

Development

T4 Play Safe and Stay Covered

2:30-2:45pm BREAK

2:45-4:30pm Smart Proposal Writing

4:45-6:30pm FACILITY TOUR

6:30pm Free Time - Relax at the Nordic Spa

WEDNESDAY, September 25

7:30am-4:30pm Registration & Information Desk

8:00-9:00am Breakfast

9:00-10:30am Going Social - Building Community

through Dialogue

10:30-10:45am BREAK

10:45am-12:00pm SESSIONS

W1 Planning for Tourism, Culture

& Recreation: An Integrated

Approach!

W2 On the Move - Making Healthy

Connections with Diverse

Girls and Young Women

12:00-1:30pm LUNCH & AGM

New NeORA Branding Announcement!

1:30-2:30pm SESSIONS

W3 Playing with CIRA

W4 Traditional Healing for Sports

Injury

2:30-2:45pm BREAK

2:45-4:00pm Best Practices for Trails Development

4:00-4:15pm CLOSING CEREMONIES

6:00-8:00pm BANQUET & AWARDS

9:00pm SOCIAL

THURSDAY, September 26

10:00-11:00am Cedar Meadows Wilderness Tour

Safe Travels!

Overview

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

9 holes of GOLF - Hollinger Golf Club 555 Moneta Road, Timmins, ON 705-264-8450 Click for Directions

The Hollinger Golf Club is Northern Ontario’s only 18-hole Championship full bent grass golf course. The Hollinger Golf Course was professionally designed by architect John Robinson and constructed by the Glen Campbell Golf Course Design Company. The course is a Par 72 and plays 6548 yards from the black tees. It features 2 distinct 9-hole loops appropriately named the Highlands and the

Lakelands.

Kayak the Winding Picturesque Mountjoy and the Mighty Mattagami Rivers 567 Pavillion Drive Click for Directions Come and enjoy a leisurely day of paddling on the Mountjoy and Mattagami river systems. Here you will enjoy a scenic experience that starts at the Timmins Adventure Tours base location where you will be outfitted with quality kayaks and gear. Some participants may want to take advantage of the use of stand up boards or canoes. Your certified guide will offer paddling instructions to all participants regardless of skill level. This paddling adventure will take you down the picturesque Mountjoy River winding its way through the city limits where you will feel like you are in the remote wilderness of northern Ontario. Your tour will continue on to the mighty Mattagami River where you will paddle through the city centre and back to Timmins Adventure Tours for a snack and refreshments.

DINNER AT HOLLINGER GOLF CLUB

Enjoy a wonderful meal in our clubhouse which is a licensed dining facility. You can relax and unwind after a day of traveling. Meet new and old friends while enjoying the beautiful view from the patio or dining room.

I’M IN for next year!

Hospitality Suite - 2014 Host Community

Get IN to the party with the 2014’s conference community, as your host!

1:00pm – Timmins Adventure Tours

1:00pm – Hollinger Golf Club

5:00pm – Hollinger Golf Course

8:00pm - Salon Lower-Canada

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

Registration & Information desk

Hot Breakfast

OPENING CEREMONY ~ The Welcome Song is to welcome the spirits, the helpers and also to celebrate Life and to give thanks for another day, to everyone and everything in creation. Remarks from Mayor Tom Laughren ~ Fred Salvador - Chair 2013 conference ~ Cindy Dent - NeORA President

Keynote - Building a Bicycle Friendly Ontario

Eleanor McMahon, Share the Road

A bicycle friendly community is not only a great place to live and play but also a sustainable and healthy community. Share the Road will share some insights and strategies to pursue and advocate for a safe cycling infrastructure. This presentation will also discuss how to maintain a good relationship between drivers and cyclists when exploring these changes.

Nutrition Break

Exhibitors’ Tradeshow

T1 Equestrian Sport & Equine Therapy

Presenter: Jo-Anne Chevalier, Northern Lights Therapeutic Riding Association

Therapeutic Riding / Sports Therapy can provide Behavior Change at every level. Learn how to offer introductory equestrian sport programming in your community and for northern Ontario. This presentation will give you an overview of what it takes to further develop sport opportunities for persons of ability/disability, as well as the development of recruitment programs, how to locate or become a credentialed program and how to become certified instructors and coaches.

T2 FUNdamental Movement Skills Interactive workshop, please dress comfortably Presenter: Marty Paul, Health Promoter - Porcupine Health Unit

This interactive workshop is specifically designed to educate recreation providers who are interested in helping community members of all ages become life-long participants in physical activity and recreation. You will learn what it means to be physically literate and how to integrate the Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) within your recreation programming. Various resources will be shared and discussed related to what others are doing in the field. Come dressed to play!

9:00am - Salon Cartier

8:30am - Salon Cartier

7:30am - Salon Cartier

7:30am-4:30pm - Salon Louis Riel

10:30am - Champlain Pavillion

10:30am-4:30pm- Champlain Pavillion

10:45am-12:00pm- Salon Cartier

10:45am-12:00pm - Salon Lower-Canada

Program Details

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

LUNCH & TRADE SHOW ~ Lunch Sponsored by: Schoolhouse Products Inc.

T3 Six Degrees of Separation: Network Mapping for Partnership Development Presenter: Suzanne Schwenger This workshop will introduce the concept of network mapping, highlighting tools for network mapping to address partnership building and collaboration, and will identify ways for participants to develop and grow healthy and inclusive networks in their communities. Participants will be encouraged to talk about examples from their own experience.

T4 Play Safe and Stay Covered Presenter: Mike Columbus D.C., FRCCSS - Columbus Chiropractor Medical coverage services have the potential to play a key role in sports injury surveillance activities. This presentation describes the Team Centered Approach to Providing Medical Coverage at Local Sporting Events.

Nutrition Break

Smart Proposal Writing

Presenters: Coral Ethier, Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Sport/ Cathy Ellis, Timmins Economic Development Corporation

Receive two perspectives - from a not-for-profit organization worker who has over 20 years of experience in writing the grants and from a government worker who reviews and assesses the applications! The workshop will provide a better understanding and offer tips and tricks on project development, researching the right funder for your project, writing the proposal, creating the budget and work plan, measuring tools, sustainability, risk management, contracts and reports as well as what to do if you are not approved.

FACILITY TOUR

~ Porcupine Ski Runners - Located only 3 km from downtown Timmins, the Porcupine Ski Runners is one of the largest cross-country ski clubs in Canada, boasting a new $1.7 million dollar Xstrata Copper Chalet and approximately 30 kilometers of scenic & groomed trails, some fully illuminated for night skiing. ~ Confederation Sports Facility - A partnership between the City of Timmins, a not-for-profit and a business

Take this time to enjoy the resort’s Voyageur Dining Room & relax at the Nordic Spa. Should you wish to have additional

Spa services from Spa Grande Nature, please remember to book an appointment.

1:30-2:30pm- Salon Cartier

12:00-1:30pm - Champlain Pavillion

1:30-2:30pm - Salon Lower-Canada

2:30pm - Champlain Pavillion

2:45pm- Salon Cartier

4:45pm – Meet in Lobby

Program Details

6:30pm Dinner-ON YOUR OWN

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

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Registration & Information desk

Breakfast

Keynote ~ Going social. Building Community through Dialogue

Presenter: Savanna Schaus, Savy Communications

How can I manage it when I’m already strapped for time? How do I track success? Which platforms do I use? These are just a few questions we ask ourselves when we consider social media – and these are questions that we will work through in our session. Social media is about community building - big or small. Social media can have a very positive impact on your group. We will look at tips, tricks and resources that will assist you as you embark on your social media journey.

Nutrition Break

W1 Planning for Tourism, Culture & Recreation: An Integrated Approach!

Presenter: Jonathan Hack, Sierra Planning & Management

Many communities have a long history of creating and updating master plans for their recreational assets and services in delivering quality recreation to all sections of the community. In both the development and implementation of Tourism Strategies and Municipal Cultural Plans, there is synergy, complementary policy goals and potential efficiencies in drawing upon municipal dollars. Many facilities function concurrently as recreational, tourism and cultural venues. This session considers how these plans are being developed under the umbrella of an integrated plan designed to maximize the effectiveness of each plan and create a sustainable future.

W2 On the Move - Making Healthy Connections with Diverse Girls and Young Women

Presenter: Sydney Millar, Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport

Ontario communities are becoming increasingly diverse, creating new challenges and opportunities for community sport and

physical activity providers. Based on CAAWS’ newest publication, this workshop will discuss the complexities of race,

racialization and racism; explore findings from focus groups with girls and young women from diverse ethno-cultural

communities; and provide practical tips and ideas to enhance sport and physical activity programs and services.

LUNCH & AGM ~ Official launch of NeORA’s new branding!

9:00am - Salon Cartier

7:30am - Salon Cartier

10:30am - Champlain Pavillion

10:45am-12:00pm- Salon Cartier

10:45am-12:00pm - Salon Lower-Canada

12:00-1:30pm- Salon Cartier

Program Details

7:30am-4:30pm - Salon Louis Riel

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

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W3 Playing with Canadian Intramural Recreation Association (CIRA Ontario) Interactive workshop. Please dress comfortably. Presenter: Michelle Cundari, CIRA Ontario

CIRA Ontario has produced over two dozen resources which contain hundreds of games and activities to keep everyone moving AND having fun. This workshop will focus on playing games that can be used for warm ups, cool downs, quick body breaks, DPA or as the day’s primary activity in recreation, Physical Education, or an intramural program. These CIRA activities can be used to reinforce fundamental movement skills, to teach games for understanding (TGfU), to develop team building and

leadership, to promote fair play, to create school spirit or for fun competition.

W4 Traditional Healing for Sports Injury

Presenters: Sarah Melenchuk & Collette Hookimaw - Misiway Community Health Centre

The program utilizes the four elements of the medicine wheel when dealing with clients and developing plans for care to empower clients to reach their goals and progress towards holistic health.

Nutrition Break

Trails Panel

Presenters:

Multi-disciplinary non-motorized trail - TBA

Cross-country skiing and snowshoeing - Lorne Luhta, Porcupine Ski Runners

Snowmobile - Marc Lapalme, Timiskaming Abitibi Trail Association

Canoe and Kayak - TBA

ATV - Bob Boudreau, Elliot Lake ATV Club Representatives from municipal and regional trail organizations share how they operate; strategic partnerships; success and challenges; the planning and design of trail development; funding opportunities; the work force and equipment needed to build and maintain such extensive trail networks and maintenance and sustainability ideas.

CLOSING CEREMONIES

Traveling Song ~ First Nations all over North America sing a traveling song to ensure safe departure, safe travels and a safe return to our homes. It sings the spirits home after special ceremonies & gatherings.

2:45-4:00pm- Salon Cartier

2:30pm - Champlain Pavillion

1:30-2:30pm – Teepee

1:30-2:30pm- Salon Cartier

4:00-4:15pm- Salon Cartier

Program Details

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

Cedar Meadows Wilderness Tour Don’t forget your camera! Get up close and personal with moose, bison and elk, while riding on a tractor drawn wagon!

Safe Travels!

9:45am – Meet in Lobby

Program Details

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 ~ continued

BANQUET & AWARDS ~ Sponsored by Henderson Recreation Equipment

Keynote ~ Dennis Hull

Dennis Hull, brother of Bobby Hull, began his hockey career with the St. Catherines Black Hawks of the Junior 'A' League where he played from 1961-1965. In 1965, he joined the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League where he played until 1976. As an experience colour commentator with the San Jose Sharks and with numerous speaking engagements, Dennis has become a talented speaker. "Without a doubt, Dennis is one of the most talented speakers and comedians in all of sports. He rivals the likes of Bob Hope and Eddie Murphy with his wit and humour. He was a natural on the ice, and now he is a natural on the stage."

Gordie and Colleen Howe, “Mr and Mrs. Hockey” SOCIAL

6:00pm - Champlain Pavillion

Registration Form

Educational Forum & Trade Show

COMPANY NAME: CONTACT: ADDRESS: CITY: PROVINCE: POSTAL CODE: TELEPHONE: FAX: EMAIL: WEBSITE:

Fred Salvador fred.salvador@timmins.ca

City of Timmins, 220 Algonquin Blvd, Timmins, ON, P4N 1B3

Tel: 705-360-2600 x.7233 Fax: 705-360-2669

Please Check boxes according to your choice Rate Amount

YES, IM IN for the Early bird Full Conference - before August 23, 2013 $275 + HST_____________

YES, IM IN for the Full Conference $300 + HST_____________

Please note: Forum registration fees include an automatic one year individual Membership to NeORA. Individual members are entitled to vote at meetings of the Association, hold office and to receive all publications issued by the Association. Please check here to opt out .

YES, IM IN as a Student $100 + HST_____________

YES, IM IN for a One Day Package (includes lunch) $175+ HST_____________

YES, IM IN for Additional Banquet Tickets $ 50+ HST_____________

YES, IM IN Golf - 9 holes (incl. cart) & Dinner - Monday $ 50+ HST_____________

YES, IM IN Kayak - Monday $ 56+ HST_____________

YES, IM IN for Dinner at the Golf Club - Monday $ 15+ HST_____________

YES, IM IN for the Facility Tour - Tuesday Evening Incl. with full registration

YES, IM IN for the Cedar Meadows Wilderness Tour - Thursday morning Incl. with full registration

TOTAL AMOUNT DUE: $ _______

Session Selection

Tuesday morning Session T1 T2

Tuesday Afternoon Session T3 T4

Wednesday morning Session W1 W2

Wednesday Afternoon Session W3 W4

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Please mail, fax or email your registration form to:

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THANK YOU To Our Sponsors!